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FEVElt SCARE DECREASES.
,
ClC.llTE.Ey OASES AT OCEAN SPRINGS
I J.YU NO DEATHS.
I Tkran Cain Alto Heparin! rram niloll. Mi.,
I Mrross the Bay from Ocean Sprlnra Dental
I That any Case Eilat In Xw Orleans A
I lll.poalllon to Lirt Quarantine Stringency,
I Sew Ohle os. Liu, Sept. 7. Thcro are eight-
I ,jen coses of supposed yellow fever at Oceau
I ;prirg, Miss., nml three at DiloxL which la
I iminediate.y opposite It oa the other Bide of
I Hl.oxi Hay. and only two miles distant. These
I jo i , tho rases know n to exist any where on
I tho imlf coast, A careful Investigation to-day
I liy tho Louisiana lloiird of Health showed uo
I eases of fov.r ur suspicious cases to exist in
-Sow Orleans or Bay St. Louts. Tho quurnn-
I Mno which existed against Bay St. Louis wns
I theafuro removed. Tho Inspectors of tho
I Louisiana Board of Health will examine tho !
B other Umns on Mississippi Sound and willjwith- .
I drsw the quarantine against them If they nro
I fouoi to be healthy. Hut the quarantine will bo i
I te". t uti ualnat Ocean Springs and Btluxl. I
A qimranl.no station will be established at I
I "RlRoleta on tha Louisiana-Mississippi boundary I
I Use, where all sick or suspicious persons will bo
I deta.ned. It is now clearly established that a
I majority of tho 600 people In Ocean Springs
I who in or have been sick there sutTered frim
I tie dengue, and not ) ellow fever. The prelim- I
I Jnary sv aiptoins of tho two diseases, thill, fever,
I ieulactie. and weakness are tho same, although
I sine disease Is very mild and the other very ma
I lijaant. There were not over sixty coses of
I RSDuir.o yellow fever la tho GOO cases, it is
I thought, and all of the twelve deaths ore at
I tnbutable to that disease.
I When the yellow fever slipped In the doctors
I did not distinguish between the two levers.
I and when the tlrst Now Orleans expert exnm-
I iaed the malady and pronounced It dengue,
I they probably saw and examined only case of
I den,rue. The Ocean Sprints people still deny
I the existence of yellow fe cr there and held a
I violent .adi-natlon meeting to-day at which all
the local officials were present. They de-
nouncodZtho Boards of Health of Louisiana,
B Alabama, and Mississippi, and the United
I Stales Manns Hospital service for declaring '
the epidemic yellow fever. Tho town Is tbur-
oughly quarantini d and no one can leuve or
ester It. As supplies ore short there and tho
I Ice supoly has cump.ctely run out, some means
B wUl save to bo adopted to send provisions into
B the town. A cordon of armed quarantine
B guards now surrounds th town on land, and
B the steamer New "York, belonging to the Mls-
etssippl Board of Health, patrols the seaport to
B prevent boats running In or out of town.
fl The Mississippi Hoard of Health is satisfied
B that the fever cams in from the L'nlted stales
quarantine station at Ship Island, which U
twelve miles away. The board has frequently
Srotestcd against this station a a menace to
is entire Uulf coast. Gov. McLaurin asked
Bj the Secretary of the Treasury to abolish it only
Bj short time ago as dangerous, but the request
Bj sras refused.
Bj The matter will be taken un by the Louisiana,
Bj Mississippi, and Alabama Boards of Health and
Bj laid before the Secretory, and It he refuses to
BJ remove the station it will be carried into Con-
BJ gresa and the Representatives from these States
BJ w ill ok that ha be ordered to clo o up this dan-
Bj serous quarantine. There la no lazaretto there,
Hj no means exists for keeping the fishermen and
Bj tramboatmeu from visiting the Infected ships,
Bj aad a sailor or pi"n;cr on one of these ships
BJ can easily land without examination or lnveatl-
BJ' intion. There Is nlso -one dlspo-ltion to pro-
Bji test against the Florida quarantine station at
Bj' Tampa as lax and Inefficient.
Bj The experts appointwl by the Louisiana
BJ' Board of Health to examine all cases agree
Bj unanimously that there is not a suspicious
BJ' ease in New Orleans. In spite of this, however,
BJ In conse-inence of the death of younv Gelple.
Bt who came hern from Ocean Springs. Galveston.
J Mobile, Vleksburg, and numerous other places
f have set np a quarantine against New Orleans.
BJ Some ri,0OO peions came Into Xew Orleans
t' from the Mississippi Gulf coast yesterday and
qjlts a panic prevailed, mainly over" the fear
t that they would be bottled up in the small sea-
f aids towns by quarantine, but the scare Is now
Bf nr.
BJ) Dr. Ollphant, President of the Louiiiann
e EairJ of Health, emphatically denlrs"the tnith
Bt f the stories sent out from Washington, as
E comlia from the L'nlted Slates Marine Hospi-
E tol physician in Mobile, that there are two sus-
piclous ruses in New Orleans.
Bl ilOBIti:. Ala.. Sept. " The alarm which was
I general in thu cltv yeteruay. when all the coast
J towns and New Orlean- were qtiarantlneil, has
I subsided in a measure to-oVy, but many persons !
are leaving for Northern and Eaitern rrorts.
I and trar!l-ovr the three railway lines haa been I
, onnrrredentrd.
The traveller learn to their regret after lenv- i
f tag Mobile that their safety donn not lie In flight l
H' hnt in remaining in a well protected city. I
The examinations to which they are subjected
Jt and the imonvemenre of travelling in crowded I
ears have made many telegraph to relatives i
JL behlnn that tbey are sorry they left home.
The extraordinary precautions taken by the
dry and county health authorities have done
more to allay the fears of tho people to-day
than a knowledge that tho fever was being ex-
BJ terminated.
J Entranco to the city by boat, train, anil
Jhthway from the f-outh Is now imp-woi-
BJ A noil' e boat is stationed at Grant's
fats, which commands the entire west-
ern cohsU Relay ramps are established
BE vong the line of the Louisville and Najhvlllo
lullroail. anil a shot gun quarantine Is in vagus
till oUccaon the south and west borders of
uscountr.
BK Two meetings of the local Board of Health
Bsl yrtT2J$M tn-div. At the flrst I3r. Weir of
Msrldlan and Vice-President E. L. Russell and
Bsl aujerintendent Charles Clark of the Mobile
B "J Ohio road were Dreaent in addition to tha
anthoritles.
BJf , It was decided at the meeting to establish re-
Bsl T camps along the line of the Louisville and
Auavllla for train craws and to place police In-
B fpeetors aboanl aU Mobile and Ohio trains com-
B lot: Into the city.
Bsl i ll1":, lhe members reassembled at night two
Bsl n?X?Xln "PPn'nted to relievo the County
BB ilrlh Ofcer Acker, who has leen on duty
Bfl J"ui.tb". quarantine camp, thirty-one miles
BB I" the city, since Hundiy evening.
Bfl H.?morrow acting Surgeon-General Ballhache,
BB Stn Surgeons Murray and Carterof the Marino
JlP'tal service and Dr. Jehn Ouittras. pro-
flsl ;?Jir ' tb?. Univenlty of Pennsylvania, an ex-
Bsl im Sn 7?"owt feTer- wl11 rrive here. They
Bsl SJ. V0,nedhy several local physicians and
Bfl 5f j Peler Dirke with a squad of fifty
J ken private officers and will go to
Bfl yi n Springs, where a cordon will bo drawn
Bfl Sf?J?0i! llL" ci,y ""' a thorough investigation
BJ K V tbPtr medical authorities on behalf of
BB weral GovernraenL
BBJ rf.i.e'r ,1,it,?s "i'lolso Include the stamping out
Bsl Eh1 i?J3!'l,a,lr hr "nbargo on all stricken places
JB iM by disinfection.
BB IrI''B, !en P";""ngera on north-bound trains,
m?JH tne Twllnce of tha police after being
H Sy" I0 8" ,hrouBl1 " City last night and
H wun? ""? J10?" captured by detectives and
BJ Sii. p'i1l"hr'.1 for attempting to evade nnar-
.; ; .I6 tblrdi John Craft, who is on Alder-
Bsai Sa .?.' tblt c"7 J" ",1" rolsslng. He Jumped
JM train when ft had slowed up for a bridge.
J eantl ?Jm?unJt7 ? Mobile from Infection or
BBJ m.,,.' ,"bo,'WDln tbo following announce-
fmr?jalhTnln-Jaie "nd -ftbrahams, chief
"?." f tho Board of Health:
BBJ til. ,Sf0 l-no aua eTen of uspicloai fever In
BJ S..: '1 CSD .r.es.t "ured that if tbero
Barfiy.?11'. ,bT w" bo promptly reported by
Wb!fe tie p're'.,08 " BlTea Ut to th'
M TO COXFIXE TUB TETEXt.
BJflJ (m Taksa by tks Marias IlMBltal iervlee.
BB WlniNOT0, Sept 7,-flurgcon-aeneral X7j-
JflJ "ii returned to tho city to-day and assumed
JjB t""'9 chjr' of the Marino Hospital service In
JjW osanni, witn the outbreak of yeIow trn t
BJfll weur Springs, Miss.
JflJ Oen, jrman WflJ nt Montreal jMt week road.
cu.? PPr befo" tbl' CaDt"llan Medical Assc-
r.. 1 Ln tbe lf-'tlne system, and did not
BsffJ' v4 tb""utbrea. until be reached ths new
flfsi' rt.r'CI" tW'ua of ,lLor'8 IaIand- "olmmedl-
H wiy oen;d communication with the depart-
flS th...hCJ h'"tene,1 t0 Washington, arriving
JJfa 'c'aiterno.in,
BsB .,ri'. U'""r' regards the situation as very
H S "TU " ""' ,htb bd no doubt
flfsi not ,'. et,"1reml,i wa '7 yellow fever, and
l firrngs"lf,rha't5j?11 dentf exuteu at Ocean
M for ". wer fan? hV0, hlth were 'rorablo
Bfl I ,a.",u,.or,"bl 'or the other.
B , ' ,tf',.nlr4V.' '' .Healing with the
Bo.; r n'-"";, n"5'V "?ij the opinion of the
BBB '" n.l tSe,U.. JUl'" Cdl",i U '"wed yelfow
H -n" o , '""if '. " "" 'ure to pursue.
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H' rVkVo'fpu"un"'v1J" ,'Pe,-wlt from tlm Vu.
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but will probably reach Ocean Springs to-morrow
morning. Hs will Investigate the causes
of tho epidemic and the extent to which it Is
likely to go. With regard to tho conditions there
at present, wo have Information that affairs
there are being closely attended to by Dr. Oant,
a member of the Board of Health of Mississippi.
We have wired him and the State Board of
Health that tbe Treasury regulations, innds
under tho interstate quarantine law for Just
such events, should be rigidly enforced. They
aro explicit, and the board Is expected to enforce
them, All measures nro being taken to confine
the disease within Its original limits. We have
wired them that all assistance they may deem
necessary will be placed at their dlpoeal, and
meantlmo I have sent our own otllrers ttirro to
see that tbe law Is strictly enforced. Surgeon
Murray will be In command of the work at Ocsan
Springs.
"To-day I ordered Surgeon Carter, who Is In
rbarge of the Marine Hospital at Chicago, to go ,
to Ocean Springs, lie has hail large experience
with such epidemics. He will hare charge of
the tracing down of rumored esses. In every
outbreak of this kind tho condition of things
Is exaggerated, and cases are reported hers
and there throughout tho country that are not
yellow fever and have no connection with tho
disease. At the same time they might prove to
bo of this sume nature, and Itlsalway beit that
they bo speedily Investigated. This will be done
by Surgeon Carter and his assistants. He will
also have charge of tbe train Inspection
service. We have a number of other physi
cians who will assist in tho work. I have or
dered shipped to Oco.in Springs by fast
freight, for disinfecting purposes, a port
able self.fumlgator ami a steam disinfect
ing chamber, both of which wcro con
structed for jun such an emergency. I
nave also ordered the camp, wnicn is completely
titled with tents and bed, now stored at
Wavncaville, Oa., to be shipped at once to a
point east of Ocean Springs, where a camp will
bo constructed for quarantine purposes. This
will ho under the charge of Surgeon Murray.
The regulations governing this service are well
understood, and will be effective."
Gen. Wyman could form no Idea as to how tho
fever originated. He hid heard that the drain
age was bod at Ocean rfprlngi, and that a bed of
oysters had been planted at a point where they
would be reached by that drainage. He was
certain that It did not come through Ship's Isl
and, the quarantine station, some ten miles oft
Ulloxl.
There had been only ono case of yellow fever
there this yenr. and that was in June. While
there was a possibility of tbe dlseaso spreading
among tbo visitors at the springs who had
already left the place and returned to their
homes, he thought tho measures which had bi-en
taken would go a long way toward preventing
tbl x.
Tho worst period of the yellow fever epldem
IcscomcinSepUinber and early Ortober. it
was fortunate that the outbreak had net begun
In .tuly. but there was still much danger. It
was too early to m ike any prognosis, ho said,
and be would not attempt to do mi. The news
they bad from there to-night was encouraging,
and tbey hoped to see the trouble decrease at
omt".
Dr. Wyman said that he would let tho
Louisiana Board of Health have complete
charge of the cases In New Orleans. The board
was well equipped for dealing with the fever.
There was little or no danger of tho fever's
reaching the Northern cities, be said.
Until a cordon was established around Ocean
Springs the railroads had been notified not to
sell tlckots for any points except those north of '
Washington or to mountainous districts. Only
one new case was reported during the day in
New Orleans as resulting in death and three
new cases developed.
It Is regarded na a fortunate circumstance
that theTreasury Department recently procured
from tbe War Department 200 tents for the per
l manent enmp at Waynesboro. This was not
done in expectation of an outbreak, but so as to
be ready In case of emergency.
-VO FEATt OP TELLOir JACK UERE.
Tb Dlaeaaa Won't tiet Ina tha City an
Canldat Spread ir It Did.
New York need have no fear of the yellow
fever. An epidemic of the disease here is Im
possible. It Is possible that there might be a
stray caso brought from the infected districts.
I Nearly every week a sufferer with the disease
I gets as for as Quarantine, where he Is detained
, until the danger Is post. It is possible that an
affected person might get Into the city by means
I of the railroads, but such are the precautions
taken by tha Board of Health should this happen
that there would be no spread of tho disease,
even If tho sanitary and climatic conditions of
the city were favorable to It, which tbey are not.
Neither Health Officer Doty nor the Hoard of
Health bos received any official Information as
to the existence of yellow fever In MissiasippL
Only one extra precautionary measure has been
adopted by Health Ottlccr Doty. He haa Issued
notices that oil vessels coming from ports near
the Infected districts must bring certificates
from the health officers of their sailing ports
certifying to the sanitary condition of the place,
tho condition of the passengers, and all facts
i relating to their posslblo exposure to Infection.
I Dr. Doty said yesterday that he looked for little
trouble from Incoming steamers.
"I do not tblnk," he said, "that we will get
I many refugees at Quarantine. They won't come
r by water, but by rail. If thev come at all. It is
I a Uve or six day trip by water from the Infected
districts, and only forty-eight hours by rail. If
there is a panic down there the people will not ,
take tbe long water trip to the North, but will
Jump on a train and come in leas than half the
time. New York bos absolutely nothing to fear.
. Leaving out all other considerations the aeason ,
1 of tho year la unfavorable for the propagation t
! of thf yellow fever germ. It Is not nor can It be
I endemic here, and it cannot live in cold weather. '
"Yellow fever Is not contagious like small
' pox. It is Infectious. In the past two months
we have hail fifteen nr eighteen cases brought
to this city from West Indian and Central
American part. We have bad tbum at Swin- i
burne, and we have not had a single secondary
case.
"The germ of the disease thrives on filth and
can always be stamped out by the proper
sanitary precaution. A year ago Santos, Brazil,
was full of yellow fever. The citizens cleaned '
ap tho city and this yenr there have been but
two cases. After the epidemic In Memphis a
few years ago a new system of sewerage was
put In and tbo city has been practically freo
from the disease alnco. No city Is In a better ,
condition from a sanitary point of view than I
New Y'ork. i
"In tho present case, continued Dr. Doty, I
"the only quarantine precautions possible must i
be taken by the Government on the spot. It
would bo impossible for us to try to take precau
tions against Hie Introduction of the disease by '
fiasneugers on the railroads. In dealing with yel- i
ow fever I think it a wise plan to treat every '
suspicious caso as yellow fever. Tbesyuintomsot
yellow fever and malarial fever aro tfie s uno.
and until one uf the two diseases asserts Itself
the patient should be treated for yellow favrr.
Wo bave lines of steamers coming to this port
from Charleston. Savannah, Jacksonville, Now
Orlenns. and tbe Texas ports." I
Dr. Benedict of the Bureau of Contagions
Diseases said that hla department was paying
verv little attention to yellow fever.
"If a case comes to town we shall do Just as
we would in a caso of scarlet fever. Anepldemlo
here la nut of ths question. If a case Is reported
we will send an expert, nnd If be pronounces It
yellow fever, the patient will be removed to the
Wlllard Parker Hospital, at tho font of East
Sixteenth street, and tho house disinfected.
Several cases have been reported to us in tbe
last tevr weeks. One was in n promlneut hotel,
but none of tho cases was yellow fever and
nothing more wus said about any of them."
New York has been very freo from yellow
Jack for three-quarters of a century. In 1708
tbe worst epidemic occurred.
Although several savants announced that
they had discovered tho microbe of yellow fever,
bacteriologists have never acknowledged that it
had been found.
e Action by tbe Wa.blostaa Post omre.
WgmOToy, Sept. 7. First Assistant Postmaster-General
Heath said to-day that the de
partment was taking no cognizance of tha ex
istence of tbe yellow fever In Mississippi. Ths
matter will be left In the hands of tha superin
tendent of tbe railway mall service for the dis
trict involved, who will see that the malls are
despatched so as to avoid the fever districts as
much as possible.
Iaokout Meantatn for fever tTrrugees.
Cua.rraMOOG.1, Tenn., Sept. 7. City officials
are considering tbo question of inviting refugees
from the Infected yellow fever districts to come
to Lookout Mountain. It Is said that the dis
ease cannot exist at that elevation, and that It
would be the part of humanity to provide a
place of refuge for the frightened Southerners.
The fleeing citizens could be taken straight to
the mountain without change of cars. Several
buildings for their occupancy are available.
Kmma Golda.au la a Prevlasnea JalU
PnoviDrncr, R. I., Sept. 7. Emma Goldman,
the woman Anarchist, was arrested In this city
to-night. She bos been here for two days preach
ing anarchy, and to-night she attempted to
Keak in tbe Central tquiira of the city. A po
:emun tola her to move on and she refused.
Bhi) spent the night in u cclL
liuld'a ftlg I'rrinlHin lu Mrslea.
, Mexico Citv, Mexico. Sept. 7. Gold sold at a
( premium of l'J'JLi per cent, hers to-iay,
CHOKER HERE, BUT SILENT.
TAXXAITX'B TOKMEJt CIIIEFTAUC
JXKTVBXS FHOM EVROrB.
Doesn't CsaoMtf Ilia Interest la tbo Palltl.
eat SltuatUn, but Persistently Declines to
Dlaeaas It Saebents Are on Hand to Meet
lllm Us Has st Conference with Shrshan.
Richard Welstead Croker of Wantoge. Berk
shire, England, during tha English racing sea
son, and of this city when there are politics to
play and the game is worth ths candle, arrived
in New York early yesterday morning on the
American liner Now Y'ork. Ha was accompa
nied by his son Herbert, who has boon at school
in Germany, and by Andrew Freedmnn, propri
etor of tho New York Baseball Club, and Jeffer
son M. Levy, one of the committee of business
men who waited on Mr. Croker last February
and asked him to be the candidate of tha Democ
racy for Mayor of tha Greater Now York. Tho
other member of ths committee who also went
to Europe to keep the Mayoralty bee buzzing In
Mr. Crokcr'a bonnet, James J. Coogan, Is on the
I other side of the Atlantic yet.
Mr. Croker still asserts that bets no longer a
political leader; that his Interest In politics Is
only that of an anient Tammany private, and
that John C. Sheeban Is really as well as nom
inally tho big chief of the Tammany Council.
For a man who asserts that his days of activity
in politics nre ended Mr. Crokor excited much
Interest and attention among politicians yester
day At the American line pier when the New
York arrived were Mrs. Croker, who had como
down from her summer homo at Rlchllcld
Springs to welcome her husband, and the follow
ing named Tammany politicians: Ex-Commls-sloner
of Public Works Michael T. Daly, ex
Charltlos Commissioner Edward C. Sheeny,
Warden J. J. Fallon of tbe Tombs, Sachem Hen
ry D. Hotchkiss, and Treasurer Peter F. Meyer
of the Tammany Society, the latter the business
partner of Mr. Croker, and Congressman Wil
liam Sulzer.
Later In tho day, when he visited his office at
111 Broadway and took off his coat to settle down
to the businrfs of advising and directing In tbe
political campaign about to begin, the politicians
flocked to him In greater numbers. Among
those who called were: John C. Sbechnn, his
brother. William F. Sheehan. the ex-Lieutenant-Governor;
Chief Justice Robert A. Van Wyck
of the City Court, who has been spoken of
as a possible Mayoralty candidate; Senator
Thomas F. Grady, member of the Demo
cratic State Committee and oratorical mouth
plrse of the Wigwam: Augustus W. Peters, wbo
Is to hare a placo on tho Tammany county
ticket. It Mr. Croker consents; Senator Jo
cob A. Cantor, who may be nominated for
District Attorney; ex-County Clerk Patrick Kee
nan. wbo would like to be elected to his old
place; City Court Justice Edward F. O'Dwyer,
who Is a candidate for reflection; ex City r'hnm
berialn T. C. T. Crain. Congressmen George 11.
McClellan. and District Leaders John T. Carroll.
Charles F. Murohy. and Charles Welde.
John C. Sheeban spent more than an hour
with Mr. Croker enlightening him regarding
the exact political situation, and giving an ac
count of his stewardship in Mr. Cromer's ab
sence. When he left the presence of his leader
Mr. Sheehan was smiling as though he hail been
commended for his course In regard to the or
ganization, and tbero was a suggestion of self
satisfaction In his statement that there would
bo no change in tha Tammany programme as
preparedJjr him. Mjc, Sheeban said further
that Mr. Croker will probably attend the meeting
of ths Tammany Hall General Committee lobe
held next Friday night. This meeting has been
called to Issue tha regular call for primaries and
conventions, but as usual It will be made the oc
casion fur a big Tammany hurrah, and tho
presence of Mr. Croksr Is expected to ndrt to the
enthnslasm. He left tbe city last winter with
Mr. Pheehjn and other leaders, declaring that
he. Croker, was the only man talked of by the
organization as Its Mayoralty candidate. Mr.
Croker refused then to say If he would accept
the honor should It b tendered to him, and he
was equally reticent yesterday. The Duration
was put to him several times, but he sought
refuge In the declaration that be would not talk
politics. Tbe demonstration next Friday night
Is expected u have much to do with detcrmin
Ing whether Mr. Croker will be the candidate.
There wilt bo a meeting of tbe Tammany
Executive Committee at 4:30 o'clock this after
noon, and one of tho Committee of Organization
this evening to arrange all the preliminaries for
this Croker ovation on Friday nigbt, Mr.
Croker will not attend either of these. He
arranged resterday to go to Itlchdeld Sorlngs
to-day. Meantime, the leaders and braves will
be bottling up their enthusiasm for Friday
night, when be will be on hand to observe It.
Mr. Croker Is much thinner than bo was when
be camn to the city after the election of lost
year. He owes this reduction in weight to tbo
treatment bo underwent recently at Carlsbad.
H Is perceptibly grayer as to beard and balr.
Tbo returned leader was more anxious to re
ceive than impart political Information, and be
said so to all persons wbo asked his Urns on
political subjects. His fellow passengers on
tho New York said that ho had main
tained his reticence so far as Politics
was concerned throughout the voyage, llu
snxmed greatly Interested In tbo political
situation, but would only make ono positive
declaration regarding it, and that was that be
considers John C. Sheeban to be the real Tam
many leader. Of Seth Low's nomination ho
nuuiu nub aaj wuni, nuu mirn mm (nac lUO
Tammany leaders are very confident of winning
tbo election, he simply remarked: "That's
good." He asserted that be bad never expressed
himself as favorable to the coudldac) of any
particular roan for Mayor.
On his former visits to New Y'ork Mr. Croker
has been wont to avoid political topics by talk
Ing about his horses and his borne in England.
He hvt little to say about these matter yester
day. He said that be had four racing horses In
training on tbe English turf; was satisfied with
the results of his racing ventures thus far, and
expected to try again next year. He has rente I
bis place at Wang ite for another ye r. From
the steamship pier Mr. and Mrs. Croker went to
the Hotel Manhattan, where Mrs. Croker is
staying. The politicians who were expecting
him at tbe Murray Hill were disappointed, and
had to Journey down town to greet him at bis
office.
Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy, wlio was a follow
passenger with Mr. Croker on tbe New York,
said tnat be bad met Mr. Croker for the first
tlmu on board, and had had many pleasant
talks wltb blm. " I don't think we talked much
1 about politics." said he. "That topic Mr.
Cruker steered clear of. I understand, though,
that Low's nomination pleases him Immensely,
Ho seemingly thinks the first man In the May
oralty tight is a play Into Democratic hands."
Tho General wus naked If ho thought from
what he hud seen of Mr. Croker and his Inter
course with him on board ship, that he would
accept tho Tuiumany Mayoralty nomination.
Ho replied:
" If be thought his election sure there Is no
dougbt In my mind that bo would accept tho
nomination on the Jump "
Tbe General haa been mentioned as a possible
Republican candidate, and he was asked If hn
would tako It should It he tendered to him. Ho
replied positively that he would not. He added,
however, that It Is his belief that the Republi
cans will win If tbey nominate the right man.
Many efforts were moils resterday to get Mr.
Croker to exprsis bis belief regarding the Issues
of the campaign, whether the Chicago platiorm
should be side tracked and ths tight made on
local Issues or not. Ho would not. commit him
solf. There was some talk yesterday that Tam
many's leaders have In mind the adoption of
somo resolutions at the meeting of tho Tam
many General Committee next Friday night
which will lead the radical silver men to belluvo
that they are going to get what they want and
to keep them quiet until tbey can be turned
down at so lata a day that any Independent
action tbey might take would prove Ineffective.
JfJJ. CLEVELAND'S TAX HETUIIX8.
Bis sssal Estate at Prlacstan IVarth 30,000
ad Hla Personal Katalo OISO.OOO.
Tbistom, Sept, 7. Tho Slereer county Hoard
of Assessors met to-day to foot up the valua
tions of real and personal property and fix tha
rats of taxation for State, school, and county
purposes. Tbo valuations for the year are
;i,3'J2,00O mora than last year. Princeton
township shows an increase of if 300,000, one
half of which Is duo to ex-President Cleveland
becoming a resident there. Assessor Snook re
ported that ha had received a loiter from tho
ex-President making return of bis property.
His real estate ho valued at fJO.000 ami his per
souul properly at $130,000. Tbe ex-President
wrote that bo could not bo exact as to lbs latter
figures because of the recent fluctuations in the
stock nisjitl,
, rA.yl't .&."-? Lf .-ra5A.MVa. isM .,..
ItAXXA DEFENDS TUB SENATE.
Bo lays It la a Croat Institution and Tkat
Wlsdoaa Prevails Tnera.
ClxveLaKD, 0 Sept. 7. Senator M. A. Hanna
wns In a retrospective mood this afternoon. Ho
had just finished dinner at tho Union Club, and,
as he sat at his desk In tbe Pcrry-Palns build
ing, his mind turned to the Sena to of the United
States.
'"The Senate,' said the Senator, 'Is tbo great
est Institution In tha world; there Is nothing
Uke it,' "
"Somo reoplo say It la filled with old fogies.
Is that sol"
"Humph! Somo people are fools. Let any
one go down there once if he thinks that. He'll
soon becomo converted. It has become tbo
habit among certain people who don't know
what they nro talking about to say that tbo
Sennto Is composed of old fossils. That Is tho
most arrant nousense.
"The Senate is a dignified body of dignified
ram of great ability. Occasionally, perhaps, ft
lightweight gets In. but he soon sinks to his
proper level. The entire body can bo no more
judged by such an Individual than tho entire
newspaper profession bo judged by a single
knave or weakling w ho may bn In the business.
"Great measures come before tho Senators for
settlement, and I bao yet to have pointed out
to me a time when tne senate did not deter
mine wlnely. The Scnato is the greatest and
best legislate 0 body In the world. Passion plays
no part la Its operations. Wisdom prevails.
But I hove scarcely been a Senator long enough
to be entitled to a place as a champion of that
Body. I speak, how erer, us a man, and not as a
Senator, of what I bare seen."
" How do you liku being Senator I"
" I'll answer that later," replied Mr. Hanna.
TO RAISE THE RIO GUNS.
Kfrorta ta Be Hade ta Drlaa ITp tba Elsbtesn
Tenners OCT Tsbro lataad.
WasiilMOToy. Sept, 7. Tho four eight-Inch
guns Intended for tbe fortifications at Savannah,
which went down with a schooner off Tybco
Island during a gale this week, may bo rescued
by tbo War Department if divers ore able to
work wbero tbe vessel now He, on the bottom.
The authorities bao no dctlulto Information as
to tbe location of tin; wreck, the depth of tho
water where the schooner sunk, or tho nature uf
the bottom, but bellero that if she Is not over
fifty feet below the surface and tho guns have
not burled themselves In tbo sand they may yet
be saved by wrecking companies. The loss will
full on the Government, however, should tho
guns not be found, as tbey were uninsured and
the schooner carrying them was in no way re
sponsible for their safe delivery.
The Quartermaster's Department of tbo army,
to which the guns were delivered by the Ord
nance Bureau for iranortatlon from New
York to Tybee. haa instructed a dredging com
pany to proeevd ut oure to the sccno of tbo
wreck and take soundings, with a view to dis
covering how far below the surfove the guns He,
and whether thc-y are still above tho sand,
t'pon this report will depend what efforts are to
bo made to rescue tbeni. Koch gun weighs
eighteen tons, nnd un Immense derrick and
hoisting apparatus would bo required, the army
experts say, to bring It to tho surface. If tbo
guns are not rectnered. the Government will
lose about f uO.OOO. Ihe cost of their manufac
ture. This is tho first serious mUbap that has
overtaken the War Department in its manufac
ture and delivery of guns tor the new fortifica
tions. Emplacements at Tybee Island are ready for
the Installation of tin- ordnance, aneflf the'four
guns lost aro not recovered others will bo sent
from Watervlict soon.
TTAS IT A STOLEN FORTCNET
Praperly with a lacs alne of More Tbaa
300.0SIO Seised In a Sallae.
LanicDO, Tex., .-i-pt. 7. On Aug. U. Ie07. a
valise, heivhy parked, arrived in this citj on
the Mexnan National passenger train. Cus
toms Inspector Nalor boarded th.s train at
the bridge and went through It, inspecting all
grips and packages.
I In the second class coach was a larse, well
dressed American, and on the floor was a grip
on which the man was resting his fet-t. Inspec
tor Naylor requested him to open the grip for
Inspection. The pjesenger said that it was not
' his. An effort was made to find the owner, but
no one appeared to cl 11m it.
To-day Deputy C nlleclor of Customs Jud.-c F.
E. Thompson started to make out a r. port of
all seized goods on band, and came to this grip.
It was opmed. It contained Jewelry, consisting
of diamond rings, breast pins, earrings. A..-..
1 valued by Mr. Funk at S2.500;gold coin, mostly
' $-0 pieces W0; Mexican currency, f '."Jil; se er
1 al checks against a bank In San Luis Potosl. Mex
ico, In favor of A. S. Trucbo, amounting in all to
I about 100,000; three rolls of mining and water
works bonds, amounting on face value to about
1 $100,000. The valise la supposed to bave been
I stolen from a Spaniard named A. H. Trueba by
tho American at whose feet It was found, and
who was afraid to claim it bucaase of the theft.
CUEROKEES WILL FIOOT.
Fall-nlaoSs Say Tkry Will Spill Ulead Bather
Tban Submit ta Allalme.nl. j
Pcitrcr, Okla,, Sept. 7. According to reports I
received from the Cherokee Nation to-day tho
hostility of the full-bloods to the proposed allot
ment of lands Is growing, and serious trouble Is
expected to follow any attempt at treating wltb
the Dawes Commission. Tbe full-bloods have
protested through the National Kcetoowah,
their secret political order, and have followed
their protest with an open declaration of per
sonal violence to any who persist In advocating
allotment and stati hood.
At tbo annual Msh fry of full-bloods of lbs
Flint district on tho Illinois River last week
fiery speeches were mailo In denunciation of tho
acta of some Cherokee politicians and officials,
tho United States Government and tho Dawes
Commission. Tho full-blood declare they will
never submit to allotment, and If Congress sees
tit to disregard their wish and allots the lands
anyhow, tbey say they will carry ths matter to
the United States courts.
Tbe full-bloods also declare that they cannot
trust their officials. Tbey say that largo sums
of money have disappeared lately without being
accounted for satisfactorily, Still another
grievance is that tbe intruders have not been
pat out. Tboy declare they will spill their
blood before they will submit, and, If forced,
will go to Mexico.
3IVRDEREB PERRT EXHORTS.
reads UU I.aat Day In Talking Religion U
fallow Prlsanars.
ATLaaiTl, Ga., Sept. 7, Murderer Horace S.
Perry spent his last day as an exhorter In
religion, Ho -.rose this morning at S o'clock
and from that hour until lata to-night he has
been going about the county Jail talking with
tbo other prisoners, reading the Bible to them,
praying with them, and urging them to lead
bettor lives. Ho says that be has no fear of tho
hereafter, because bo believes he did right In
killing the man who Insulted his wife. Ho says
that he will uiako an address from the gallows
to-morrow, Tho Sheriff is giving him every
possible liberty, and for a long time this after
noon he was tho centre of a family group, made
up of his wife, his five small children, two
brothers, three sisters, father, mother, grand
father, and grandmother.
Tho rumor that l'erry'a North Georgia friends
have oruanlzed a party to rescue him from the
Sheriff has led the Governor to order out tho
troops to, accompany him on his elgbt-mllo
march to tbe gallows. Col. John H. Candler, wbo
will command tho militia protecting the con
demned man. Is the Judgs who presided over
his trial.
Paaasslranla tall road Anneaneas
The w thilraxaluf lb through parlor car batwaoa
t.?VeiiraT,U ":" " "
ANDREWS TO QUIT BROWN.
RESIGNATION AS PRESIDENT NOT TO
BE lriTUDBAirX.
a tald He Thought Ills Influence at Brown
VTas at an End, and That lis Preferred 10
Take Charge or Walker's Sew eberoe or
Popular Kdueatloa OfBclal Letter To-Daj,
PnovTDEMCB, R. I., Sept, 7. President An
drews Is to sever his association with tho Brown
University. That decision was arrived at to
day during a conference between Dr. Andrews
and six members of the Executive Committeo
of tho university. Dr. Andrews, It Is under
stood, declared that bo believed his Intlucnco at
Hrovtn was at an end. Ho expressed his desire
to bo President of Mr. John Urlsben Walker's
university In preferetico to remaining hero. Tho
cummlttco has been somewhat prepared for this
over since Dr. Andrews hurried last week from
this city to nuet Mr. Walker. In fact. It Is said
here that after tbo recent mooting of tho cor
poration Iho request to Dr. Andrews to with
draw his resignation vindicated tbo university
and placed it nil right before the public It was
really Immaterial what course Dr. Andrews
took, because the corporation was satisfied that
the public would understand that the chargo
that tho university was opposed to freedom of
speech was unfuunded.
The were only six members of tbe Executive
Committee at the conference this af tornoon and
it is asserted that each agreed to keep
mum about what happened at tho meeting, as
Dr. Andrews was to send an official communi
cation to tho committee to-morrow morning.
Nevertheless, the fact that Dr. Andrews wns
not to withdraw his resignation was whispered
about town to-night and stitieequently verified.
Dr. Andrews positively declined to say anything
for publication.
The members of the Executive Committee
were not officially notified of tho call for tho '
meeting till this morning. It w called by 1
Dr. Andrew s. but bo saw nt to first glxe It out to
the press while lu Now Y'ork and after his con- 1
ference with Mr. Walkor. Most of the members
of the committee saw the announcement In tho
newspapers that tbey were to meet to-day. and
were consequently prepared for it. I
It was pretty generally understood that tho I
corporation would not tolerate anything that
would serve as a division of tabor between two
educational schemes.
Tbe trouble ov er tho Presidency of Brown has
in no way Interfered wltb tbe enrollment of
students, the number being fully up to tbat of
lost year. The college ye ir will berin on Sept.
1ft, and It is altogether likely tbat Dr. Andrew
w HI remain until his successor is elected.
tTOUAN RURULAR ESCAPES.
Caugbt Itobblng a Preacher's lloua oa Balur
dai ilahl-tela Out of a Irk.lp.
Waketield, R. I., Sept, 7. A woman burglar
was captured here on Sunday night, but
she escaped yesterday. Sho said she came
from New Y'ork. Tho woman was caught in tho
act of ransacking tho residence of the Rev. A.
H. Hardy, on Lake street, on Sunday evening
between 8 and l o'clock, while the family was '
at church. Entrance was effected through tho
kitchen door b) means of tbe house key, which '
had been bidden on the premises by a servant,
wbo locked tho bouse shortly after S o'clock.
After the woman thief had made a careful
sun ey of tbe house she gathered valuable arti
cles of jewelry in one of the bedrooms upstairs.
Just as tho had made a selection Mr. end Mrs.
Hardy returned home. They hid only been In
tho houso n moment when a noise attracted
their attention. Mr. Hardy went upstairs to
make an investigation. He saw the edge of a
. wpmaa'xUklrtJtlcking out from behind a henry
drapery which hangs over the door leading to
one of the bide bedrooms. He drew aside the
curtain. There stood the womnn. She was uf
large frame, middle sgr, and bod a comely face.
Mr. Hardy sold:
"Wht are yon doing hero f"
"Nothing," replied the woman, with a smile.
Several more qiieetinns were asked, but tho
woman would give no response. Then Mr. Har
dy condii' ud her downstair", and immliately
j sent word to tbo idi e. Policeman William 1
Toiiree was soon on tbe scene, aud endeoml 1
1 to get ll.e woman to Uu, but she refused abeo-
li.-elr to say anything None of the properly
was found in her posst-ssion. but several articles
of Jew cry were found on the stairs, w tier" she
I had itroil.V. thrm. At the conclusion of tbe
I search the policeman look her to tho town
farm and placed her In custody until morning,
j when It was Intended to take her ta Kingston.
, In some way she got out of the building and has
not been ee..n slme.
It U thought that she was a professional thief.
Etery room In Ihe house was carefully ran
sacked and scarcely inv article of value escaped
her nothe. On Siturday night a wom.n an-
j swenug her description was found In the resi
dence uf Mrs. Douugbiie on Main sire't. Upon
being detected, sho left hastily wlthuul securing
1 anything.
I THE TEACHER WEARS RLOOMER3.
I They Are Verv Short and Saus and tho Sehaol
Palruna ntijert sery llcoruustj.
' St. Loria. iio., Sept. 7. There Is a young end
pretty teacher In the Grant school here whoso
Ideas of dress reform are causing a storm of In
dignation umong the patrons of the school. Tho
Grant and Grarois r-chool Association is a body
made up of good people who take a great prido
In the school and plan and work for its success.
The association objects because tho young
teacher wears bloomers, especially ss they are
of the most abbreviated pattern, and held an
indignation meeting last night in the school
hall. Edmund Sale of S1H. Michigan avenue
is President of the association uud Dr. George J.
C. Larscn .--ecjetary. Frank J. Kotseron Is
Chairman of tbe Teachers' Committee.
Dr. 1-ai-m n said he did not w Isli to go Into de
tails and mention names, but be knew the name
of the young lady who persisted In riding her
wheel to the school and parading her abhrevi
ated lostiime befure thu pupils, lie did t.ot ob
ject to bp ycles, but ha drew the line when the
new nnman discarded skirts for above-tbe-knee
breeehci.
Alter considerable discussion it was decided
to bring the caso to the attention of the prlnci
ti il of the school, Mrs. Anna I'. Gates, and If the
tiliMiiiK-r teacher Insists upon wearing her ol
jcetiunahle auit then tbe matter will be laid bo
I foru the School Board.
I CAVailT HIE 31 AIL UU till Ell.
He Held I'd Iho Carrier Alone and Then ties
1 peralfly Heslaled trrrat,
I iNDErEsfDKSCE, Kan.. Sept. 7.-On Friday
I night J. H. Smith, the fulled States mall car
1 ricr between Coffey vlllo and BancosJlIe, was
I held up by a desperado and robbed. The mall
I sacks were also rifled. He was passing along a
lonely place in the road, about seven miles
south of Coffeyville, when n man suddenly
I emerged from the bushes and ordered him to
1 halt and throw up his hands, at the inmo time
I thrusting two ugly looking revolvers Into
Smith's face. Smith tirompllv complied, and
the desiKsrsdo made his escape into the woods
with his booty, Tbe robbery was committed
single handed, but it is thought tbat others
wero In waiting. Tho ono who did the work
was recognized as Jim Huffman, a well-known
desperado. Last night Deputj Marshals Lov
ing ar,d ICinie found him In CotJcyvlllo and
attempted to arrest him. A desperate fli lit
enaucd, in which Marshul Klnie was wounded,
but Huffman was arrested ami ta now in
Jail. Smith's revolver was found on him. Hn
will be taken to Vinitn, 1. T to be tried for
robbing tho mails.
TlIE LO.VG STREET WEDDING.
All Preparations ilaJa fsr Iho General's Star.
rlace to Mia Uortch To-Day.
ATlANTa, Hi.. Sept. 7. Arrangements for the
marriage of Gen. James Longstreet and Miss
Ellen Dortch touiurrow are complete. All day
there' hi been an atmojphcro of preparation
and excitement at tbe Executive Mansion, where
tbo wedding will occur, Tho General himself
arrived from Gainesville on the afternoon train.
He looked a trifle Jaded and walked with u hesi
tating step. A carriage was in waiting for him
I andbowa driven to the resldeuce which hi
1 bride-eieel is mukiiig her temporary home.
Tho ceremony will be performed by Che Rev.
' Father rs hadew ell ut the Executive Mansion, a
I special dispensation having been grunted ror
this purpuao by Catholic Buhop Uevaeruf Geor
gia. Thu General Is overwhelmed with letters
Ijinl telegram of congratulation. Directly after
the ceremony to-morrow the couple will go to
Pvrtcr Surln( on tbcix honevpiooxi.
LTNCUED AN INNOCENT 31 AN.
Brury Trail. Tfhlte, Who tVao llansed In Vir
ginia, lbs tlrtlm or I'nju.t Suaplcloa.
RtcriMOSD, Va., Sept, 7 Henry Wall, a
young white man about "U years old, was
lynched by a mob noar Friend's Mission 011 Sun
day for an allcgod assault upon Miss Sadlo
Cook on Saturdny last. He was probably Inno
cent. Miss Cook wns found in nn unconscious
condition with fourteen gushes on her body and
I head and her skull fractured. Further Investi
gation proved she had been assaulted. Young
1 Wall was arrested on suspicion and wus In
1 chargo of Constable Childress.
I Early In tbe night Sheriff Woolwlne went to
sleep within half a mile of where Childress was
guarding the prisoner. A mob camo and took
away tho prisoner without encountering any re
sistance on the part of tho constable, and tbe
latter did not report tho fact to the Sheriff until
tho next day. That was Sunday night. Wnll
was lynched, simply a suspicion being ths
ground for this cruelty.
On Monday further investigation was made,
and there wns practically uo evidence to convict
Wall of tho crime. It Is now belle veil be was
Innocent. There Is much indignation in tho
neighborhood against the mob.
ADDS RICIIER GlfES VP HIS LOVE.
She Coo ta a Coavent for Lire and He to a
Bfouasterr to Da Prnaaer,
Ottawa, Ont.. Scot. 7. Tho pathetlr story of
Abelard and Helolso has been recnacled hero.
Tho modern story relates to the pitiful lovo of
an Ottawa Catholic priest, the Abbo Richer, and
Miss Cote, a beautiful young girl of 17. Tho
Abba braved hi Church until the last moment,
his affection for his lovely bride overcoming oil
bis scruples and foors.
To-day, however, tho affair abruptly termi
nated as a result of a visit of the Rev. Father
Mangln to Abbe Richer on last Saturday even
ing. Father Mangln was closeted with Abbo
Richer for over three hours. What occurred Is
known only to thcm-ielves, but the result of It is
that the lovers have beon separated. The girl
is on her way to a convent, where she will spend
the rest of her life. As to the priest, he has sub
mitted, and is now awaiting tbe sentence which
will bo passed upon him by Ills Grace, tbe Arch
bishop of Ottaw s. He probably will be sent to a
monastery to do penanco for two or three years.
When the girl was taken away from her lover
he cried bitterly and wished to die rather than
be buried In a convent. Extraordinary pressure
has evidently been brought to bear upon tho
Abbe Richer, for until Saturday he was Arm in
his determination to give up the priesthood and
livo with MUs Cote.
HAT CHANGE THE IIRIDGE PLANS.
Traltry Cars May Kntrr the sjrw York Ter
minal at the stes-t larsrL
The question of adopting a street level ter
minal for trolley cars at the New Y'ork end of
the Brooklyn Bridge, instead of the overhead
system, tho plans for which hav e been already
approved. Is to be considered at tbe meeting of
the trustees on Monday next.
The plan to be considered is one which Presi
dent Berri of the bridge trustees will present.
Its general Idea is to bring thu trolley cars
around on loops to be constructed at the level of
tbe street Instead of on a deck to bo built above
tbe present bridge car terminal. Such a plan
would doaway wilh tho need for elevator In
the station, and would Lave other manifest ad-vuritagc-4
If It can be developed In a manner to
makr it handy and practicable and so that tho
operation or the trolley cars would not interfere
with the other bridge traffic.
HOSPITAL AS A MEMORIAL.
Sirs. D. A. mltlkra ar Saratoga ta Stake a
Pablle Clrt la s Orlrans.
New Oiileass. La,, Sept. 7. Dr. I. D. Bloom,
bouse surgeon of the Charity Hospital, received
to-day a letter from Saratoga from Mrs. D. A.
MUllken, widow of the late Richard Mlllikcn.
j in which she announced her purpose to erect
' and endow a largo hospital for children to be
an annex to the New Orleans Charity Hospital
and controlled by It. Mr. Mlllikcn was a Maine
man. hut one of tbo largest sugar planters In
I Louisiana. His oniy child, a young woman, was
1 drowned nt J!ar Harbor some vears ago under
tragic circumstances. Mr. Mllliken was killed
1 in this city last year by a trolley car. Jlrs,
1 Mlllikcn will erect tb" hospital to children as a
memorial to her husband.
FOVND DEAD IN HIS DO AT.
His Dody the. Only Oecunaut er the Oehoaner
VI ben She Una Picked t'p Adrift.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 7. A special from
Anacortes says that last Saturday afternoon
W. S. Blount, who was out nabing, picked up
tho fishing schooner Annie of Everett adrift
near Deception Pass. Blount boarded the
schooner and found the body of a man lying face
downward in tbo cabin. There was a pistol shot
wound In the head. Tbo man had been dead a
long time. There was nothing about tbe body
or In tbe boat by which tbo dead man could be
Identified, nor was there anything to show bow
many men bad been In tho schooner' crew or
what hxd become of them. Ho was outfitted
fur a fishing cruise.
SVTRO TERY ILL.
Ilia friends Alarmed by the nan Franrlaeo
Man's Earreblod Condition.
Sax FnANClfCO, Sept. 7. Friends and rela
tives of Adolph Sntro. tho venerable capitalist
and ex-Mayor of this city, are seriously alarmed .
) for his health, the enfeebled condition reported
1 some time ago having become more pronounced I
within the last few days. r-overal weeks ago, ,
on the advice uf ulijsli'lans, Mr. Sutro took a 1
trip to summer resorts, and while there lm
t proved to sucb an extent as to be able to return i
1 much refriahrd and Invigorated. Since then,
I however, be has taken a turn for the worse and
requires constant medical attendance.
CRVSHED RY AN ELEVATOR.
It VTas Lowered on the Engineer when lie
Ua. at Work In the abaft.
While Frederick Reynolds, engineer In the
Metropolitan apartment houso at 250 West
Eighty-eighth street, was working on u ladder
in tho bottom of tho olevator shaft yesterday
somebody got on the elevator car, which ho had
run up to the second floor, and lowered it.
Reynolds wns crushed under it, and bis breast
bone and six ribs were broken. He was taken
to the Manhattan Hospital.
EAGLE ON POLICE STATION ROOF.
The Second That Ha Appeared la tbe Tender
loin In m Week
A bald-headed eagle tho second that has ap
peared in tbe Tenderloin within a week alight
ed on the roof of the West Ibirtleth street sta
tion yesterday afternoon. The policemen beard
about it. but when they went up to the roof to
try to capture It the big bird Just flopped lu
wings and soared aw ay.
Hilled by a r(r Strike Asltalor,
New O111.EAMB, La., Sept 7. L'lrlcb Cop.
peuex, superintendent of the Ilei.rr pi mtatlon,
died to-day from tbo effects of wounds Inflicted
by Willis Miller, a negro employee. Miller was
endeavoring to persuade tho other negroes to
strike and leavo the place. Coppcucx ordered
blm off the plantation, when Mier tired flvo
bullets, killing tbe superintendent, A posau is
after the negro lo-hlght wltlin pack of dogs ami
announce tho Intention to Ijnch him If ho is
caught.
Past Bun ta Philadelphia.
PntLADEUmu, Sept. 7. Tbo first section of
train 88 of the Now York Division of tbo Penn
sylvania Railroad, whose conductor is William
J, Cosllgan, and whoso engineer Is named Van
Arsdale. left Jersey City at 4:30 o'clock this
afternoon, seventeen minute late, arriving at
Brood street station In Philadelphia at U:03
o'clock on time, running ninety mile In ninety
five minute. C'loaa L engine No. 809 drew the
i.ualaof CTtears, 'i'wutui; wcjotaada, j
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ENGINEERS MUST WIN IT. f
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ALL ENGLISH TRADES UNIONS TO ,
SUPPORT THEIR STRIKE. Ji
President Steven or tho Congress Doelarea 3
That the strikers Cannot Ha Defeated Tha '
strike I Urawlng Dally CoL Dyer' Let toe i';
Hallway Men, too. Am netting Hast!. 5-
5pecfitf Cubit DtipatcK to Tux Sex. , f.
London. Sept 7,-Prcsidont Stevens of tha IJ&
British Trades Unions Congress, which began 'S'
its sessions in Birmingham yesterday, delivered
his annual address to day. Ho declared that V:
tbo trades unions would under 110 circumstances 1'.
allow tho unglneers who are now on strike to be '
defeated. 31
A rcbolution was adopted unanimously sw fi
pressing sympathy with tho strikers and ap- A
provol of their effort to better their condition, ft
Tho area of tbe engineer' conflict 1 dalljr &
growing larger. Both sidos will flgbt the battlo X
to the bitter end. A letter written by Col. Dyer. V
tbe Chief of tho Employers' Federation, has i
greatly embittered tho union leader. 5?
Col. Dyer described how ho vlsltod and svd R
mired tho Carnegie Works at Pittsburg- and jj
said that ho was determined to follow the ox- . fa
ample set there, where the managers hod deter- f-
mined to freo themselves entirely from the eklo- V,
tallon of tho leaders of trades unions. S
The Chronicle, commenting upon the letter, l
sajs that "the Armstrongs tuny be strong and $
wealthy enough to placo their business on s . Jt,
Pittsburg bxsls. with a standing army of Poles 'i'
and Spaniards for machine managers. If CoL fc
I)) cr is right in saying that the engineering; ill
employers are detcrminod to obtain tho free. f,
dom to manage tholr own affairs which has) ' i'
proved so beneficial to Amcrlcnn manufso- Itf
turers. we foresee something like a civil war la JK
England." -
Tho IMitu Newt says that with the rise In tha "W
price- of breail and a levy on all workers to sup- "3
port tho striking engineers the prospect for tbe k;
autumn and winter is not bright. It adds that !
the whole trado of tbo country Is being dlsor- f
ganlzed by tbo strike. -w.
The leaders of tbo railway men wbo are at- ,'
tending tbe congress at Birmingham aremak- ,S
Ing arrangements for tbo congress to decide ' K
term and condition applicable to oil branches S
of the railway service, and threaten to send aa
ultimatum to the companies. Jr
FOUR KILLED AND JIANT JTVBT. Il
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Cxploalon, Fire, and Death at tbe sbeollsa- at I jv;
an Oil la ell. ; 'K
Tolepo, O., Sept. 7. Four men were killed '!!
outright and a number badly injured by an ex- Vi
plosiun of nitroglycerine at Cygnet this eves- !
Ing. Tho dead aro John Lansda'e, John Thomp- ,
son. Charles Cordell. and Allen Falls. Among V;'
the badly injured arc Samuel Barber and Grant -"
Wilson. Many others were hurt, '1
The accident occurred at tho shooting of aa 'S
oil well. Tho well was In tho centre of ths) ft
town, immediately In the rear of the Ohio Oil ;8
Company's warehouse. , Jj
Owing to the proximity of the building, care- :.
f ul preparations w ere mode to keep the oil frost ' S
praying after tbe shot. A heavy cosing head ;
was secured to the top of tho pipe, and it was "'
expected to control the flow of oil, which usually '
is thrown high above tho derrick when tho , ?
nitro-glycerino Is exploded. 1 ?
The shot was a bard one and tbe cosing had ''ir
closed, but it was unable to withstand the flow. . j;
The heavy Iron was broken and the oll'charged '
with gas was spra)c'd in every direction. A fir) I
was burning in the boiler ut the well and an ex- ''
plosion immediately took place. '.
This in turn exploded somo extra cons of f,
glycerine standing in tho shooter's wagon, near J
tho derrick, and it vvs the force of the latter V
explosion that had tho fatal effect, ' X
The men killed were not employed at the well 1-
but were bj slanders. Barker, one of the injured t.
men, was the agent of tho Ohio and Indiana ):J
! Torpedo Company in chargo of tho shooting. J
He is a veteran In tho business, and this Is the
first accident he haa met with. He is expected ?
to recover. J
Tbo OhioOU Compan's warehouse was en- ,'j
tirelv consumed. Tbe Ohio Oil Company la the '
operating department of the Standard Oil Com- j
pany In this district and has charge of all i.'i
drilling and prodacing w ells. '
Tbe company docs not moke any statement of 3r
Its loss, but as Cygnet was one of Its important '
stations the loss is undoubtedly heavy. Cygnet ;
is a small place forty miles southeast of Toledo. J
and is exclusively an oil town. lb
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3IYSTERIOUS TIP TO INVESTORS. J.
It Coaisao.ooo to "end out Tbe Tipster Oh-
Jecl urloualy Obscure. X-
Withln a few days there has appeared In the jj
leading newspapers of this city the follorrtnjr 1
advertisement in big type: ''?'
"Buy Cotton and Hold It. It' Is the Only !
Cheap Thing Loft." S
For two davs this advertisement was nrintA a
Everybody in Wall street noticed It and won- S
derisl that it had no brokerage firm's name at- 3
tachcsl to it. It simply stood for Itself. It
was on tho face of it a bit of altruistic advice 1
anonymously advanced. In tho course of a '
day or two Wall street men found out that tha S
pucullar advertisement bad appeared in all tha
leading newspapers of tho country from Maine
to lexos and from tbo Atlantic to the Poclflo. J
The cost must have been between $VJ,000 and f
5-:i0.oi. A local advertising firm handled tha
mntter. but the partners in tho firm declare 3
that they do not know whence tho adrertlso- f
ment camo or what Its purpose may be. All
was conducted with tho greatest secrecy, they
say.
On Wall street the general Impression ob
tains that the advertisement is designed to bull
cotlon. (
"Thev'l! never do it that way,"xld all tha 1
cotton broker whom a. SfS reporter saw yea- 1
terday.
There was a slight depreciation in cotton yea-
tcrdny. i
FREDERICK WIXTHROP'S riSTS.
The Hanker Card Them In Lively Faabloa las
Trala sear lloaloa.
Bomton, Sept. 7. Banker Frederick WInthrop, 1
whose office Is at -10 Wall street. New York,
gave three men a thrashing while coming npoa
tho train from tho Myopia Hunt Club horse
show yesterday. The trouble arose over a seat
which Mr, WInthrop had loft for a few minutes ,
to talk to a friend who got off at Lynn. When j
ho returned hu found tho seat occupied by a ,
party from Arlington, i
Tho new arrivals had Hung all of Mr, Win- j
throp's packugts into tho aisle. Mr. Wlntbop
asked ono of tho party to glvo up tbo seat. The
mnn refused, and Mr. WInthrop pulled the man
from the seat Into the aisle. At this tbo entire 1
party began to abuse Mr. WInthrop. Tho man
wno had bein elected ntti-mpted to sit on the 1
New York banker's lap, and tbe latter showed
his wrath, I'.ai ing him ill thenlslc, bnhlthira .
two or three mint blows In the face.
This set tl. other two men and three women
In the party on Mr. Wiiiiliron. When the fracas
wus stopped ono man had a cut un inch long
uver the right cheek bone. Tbe other two
men wtil hear marks on their face probably for
a week. The conductor nnd friends of .Mr. Win
ihrup Intervened and at Inst II was agreed to let
the miner drop, altbotwh the Injured man
swore be would have Mr, Winthrnp arrested.
Policeman an Heat and III Hon Robbed.
Boston, Mss.t Sept. 7 While Policeman i
William H. Hubbard of Division 0 was on duty
to-day bis house. 3 Magnolia street, was entered . ";
by thieves, and six gold, w iti lies and silverware
to tbe value of $ 300 w ere stolen.
Ceutiultfrd Sulrlde on a Lawn.
Cincinnati, Sept. 7 Tho dead body of a sua
with a bullet wound through tbe bead was
found on tho lawn of O. J. Wilson in Cllttoa
Uils ugrnlng. It was dually cue of sulclds,
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